Eugene Jackson
Known for: Acting
Eugene Jackson gained fame as Farina's older brother, Pineapple, in six of Hal Roach's "Our Gang" serials - "The Mysterious Mystery", "The Big Town", "Circus Fever", "Dog Days", "The Love Bug" and "Shootin Injuns". Besides films he sang and danced on the vaudeville circuit - billed as "Hollywood's most famous colored kid star". Most of his film roles were bit parts, most uncredited. He did appear as Diahann Carroll's Uncle Lou on TV's "Julia" and Redd Foxx's friend on "Sanford and Son". In later years he taught dance at studios he started in Compton and Pasadena. He trained several performers in the 1959 film Porgy and Bess. His work was featured in a dance retrospective for the 1993 Los Angeles Festival.
Filmography
Series
Night Court
Shoe Shine Man (uncredited)
1984
Series
Night Court
Shoe Shine Man
1984
Series
Taxi
Cabbie (uncredited)
1978
Series
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Small Slave
1958
Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Series
Julia
Uncle Lou
1968
Film
Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate
1979
Film
The Apartment
Office Worker (uncredited)
1960
Series
Boston Blackie
1951
Film
The Addams Family
One-Armed Bass Player
1991
Film
North by Northwest
Security Guard at Auction (uncredited)
1959
Film
American Gigolo
Bootblack
1980
Film
All the President's Men
Reporter (uncredited)
1976
Film
Coffy
Man at Rally (uncredited)
1973
Film
40 Carats
Party Dancer (uncredited)
1973
Film
The Buccaneer
James Smith, a Servant
1938
Film
Chandler
Shoe Shine Boy
1971
Film
Cleopatra Jones
Henry
1973
Film
Reform School
Pete
1939
Film
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Congregation Member
1964
Film
Swing Shift
Bartender at Kelly's
1984
Film
Golden Hoofs
Curly
1941
Film
Midnight Court
Garfield Brown
1937
Film
Cimarron
Isaiah
1931
Film
Circus Fever
Gene
1925
Film
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
1971
Film
Kentucky
Jimmy
1938
Film
The Thief of Bagdad
Child (uncredited)
1924
Film
The World's Greatest Athlete
Party Guest (uncredited)
1973
Film
Black Gunn
Bartender (uncredited)
1972
Film
The Carey Treatment
Doctor (uncredited)
1972
Film
The Sound and the Fury
Townsman (uncredited)
1959
Film
The Killer That Stalked New York
Bootblack (uncredited)
1950
Film
Sporting Blood
Sam 'Sammy'
1931
Film
Looking for Love
Office Worker (uncredited)
1964
Film
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Dancer in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)
1943
Film
Melinda
Party Guest (uncredited)
1972
Film
Sporting Blood
Sam - Lockwood's Horse Groom
1940
Film
The Lonely Trail
Harmonica Player / Dancer
1936
Film
Reveille with Beverly
Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones (uncredited)
1943
Film
Off the Wall
Old Black Man
1983
Film
Scott Joplin
Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)
1977
Film
Anaesthesia
Colored Boy 1839 (uncredited)
1938
Film
Little Annie Rooney
Humidor
1925
Sporting Chance
Horseshoe
1931
Film
Secret Service
Israel Polk
1931
Film
Red River Valley
Iodine
1936
Film
Guns and Guitars
Eightball
1936
Film
Shootin' Injuns
Gene
1925
Film
Dog Days
Pineapple
1925
Film
The Big Town
Pineapple
1925
Film
Wine, Women and Horses
Eight Ball
1937
Film
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Eightball
1935
Film
The Lady's from Kentucky
Winfield
1939
Film
Penrod and Sam
Verman
1923
Film
The Mysterious Mystery!
Snowball
1924
Film
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Hotel Page Boy
1938
Film
The Love Bug
Pineapple
1925
Film
Take My Life
Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber
1942
Film
Hearts in Dixie
Chinquapin
1929
Film
Rhythm Rodeo
1938